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<h4 class="subsection">4.5.1 Interleaved and split arrays</h4>

<p>The guru interface supports two representations of complex numbers,
which we call the interleaved and the split format.
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<p>The <em>interleaved</em> format is the same one used by the basic and
advanced interfaces, and it is documented in <a href="Complex-numbers.html#Complex-numbers">Complex numbers</a>.
In the interleaved format, you provide pointers to the real part of a
complex number, and the imaginary part understood to be stored in the
next memory location.
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<p>The <em>split</em> format allows separate pointers to the real and
imaginary parts of a complex array.
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<p>Technically, the interleaved format is redundant, because you can
always express an interleaved array in terms of a split array with
appropriate pointers and strides.  On the other hand, the interleaved
format is simpler to use, and it is common in practice.  Hence, FFTW
supports it as a special case.
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